Like most website operators, MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Our purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how our visitors use our websites. From time to time, MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com may release and share non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website. This data is shared in a way that does not identify any particular users of our service by name or email.

MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. We do not use such information to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information, as described below.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com’s websites choose to interact with MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com in ways that require MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who use our forums to provide a username and email address. In each case, MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with WordPress.org. MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Aggregated Statistics

MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com may reveal how many downloads a particular version got, or say which plugins are most popular based on checks from api.MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com, a web service used by MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com installations to check for new versions of MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com and plugins. However, MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com’s behalf or to provide services available at MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations, as described above, MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com, third parties, or the public at large. If you are a registered user of a MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com website and have supplied your email address, MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com and our products. We primarily use our blog to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com uses cookies to help MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com identify and track visitors, their usage of MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com website, and their website access preferences. MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com’s sole discretion. MRL, Sirsi, Constant Contact, Google or Square.com encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.